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Creag a' Ghiubhais, Balnacraig

Perth & Kinross, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2626

Location

Atlas number
SC2626 (2626)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Perth & Kinross
Historic county
Perthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Fortingall
National Grid reference
NN 7512 4776
Latitude
56.60510
Longitude
-4.03596
Altitude
297 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 3, NW 3
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.33 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1957); Other (1968); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1969); Other (1978)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
2714
HER
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK361
National record
record NN 74 NE 10; monument 24889
Wikidata
Q31097120

Sources